SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | EXCHANGE ACROSS BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS I: A IN SILICO APPROACH |
| Discussion Leader: Peter Tieleman (University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada) |
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Introduction |
7:50 pm - 8:25 pm | Tadej Kotnik (University Of Ljubljana, Slovenia) "Theoretical evaluation of voltage inducement on internal membranes of cells exposed to electric fields" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:10 pm | Marek Tarek (CNRS Nancy France) "Insight into electroporation phenomena from atomistic Molecular Dynamics simulations" |
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
9:20 pm- 9:30 pm | Conclusion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | EXCHANGE ACROSS BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS II: MEMBRANE COHESION AND STABILITY |
| Discussion Leader: Eberhard Neumann (University of Bielefeld, Germany) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction |
9:10 am - 9:40 am | Nicolas Borghi (Laboratoire PCC Institut Curie/CNRS UMR 168, Paris, France) "Transport: role of transient pores and lipidic tubes" |
9:40 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Stephanie Tristram-Nagle (Biological Physics Group, Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,) "Implications of Structure for Water Permeability through Fully Hydrated Fluid Lipid Bilayers" |
10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Group Photo / Coffee Break |
10:45 am - 11:15 am | Eefjan Breukink (University of Utrecht , The Netherlands) "Lipid-peptide interactions during pore-formation by a peptide antibiotic" |
11:15 pm - 11:20 pm | Discussion |
11:20 am - 11:50 pm | Malgorzata Kotulska ( Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland.) "Flicker noise from electro-nanopore in lipid bilayer" |
11:50 pm - 11:55 am | Discussion |
11:55 am - 12:25 pm | Wanda Krassowska (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham,) "Modeling Electropores for DNA Delivery" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ENDOGENOUS ELECTRIC FIELDS I: SENSITIVITY BY ANIMALS |
| Discussion Leader: Hans Gruler (University of Ulm, Germany) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction |
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm | Kevin Henbest (Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford ,U.K.) "The effect of weak static and oscillating magnetic fields on radical recombination reactions" |
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
8:25 pm - 9:00 pm | Henrike Mouritsen (Volkswagen Nachwuchsgruppe Animal Navigation, Institute of Biology, University of Oldenburg, Germany) "Cryptochromes and their possible role in the magnetic compass of migratory birds" |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Conclusion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | EXCHANGE ACROSS BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS III: DEVELOPMENTS OF SYNTHETIC NANOPORES |
| Discussion Leader: Mathias Winterhalter (iu-bremen., Germany) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction |
9:10 am - 9:40 am | John J. Kasianowicz (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg) "DNA and Protein Transport in Protein Ion Channels" |
9:40 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Daniel Branton (Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge) "Prospects for Improved Temporal and Spatial Resolution of Nanopores as Bioelectrochemical Sensors" |
10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:25 am | Aleksel Aksimentiev (Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) "Imaging DNA Translocation through Nanopores with Molecular Dynamics" |
11:25 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:05 pm | Rafi Korenstein (Physiology and Pharmacology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel) "Electroendocytosis - stimulation of endocytic pathways by pulsed low electric fields" |
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Conclusion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ELECTRICAL DETECTION OF DNA |
| Discussion Leader: Hubert H. Girault (Electrochimie Physique et Analytique, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction |
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Ashok Mulchandani (Chemical and Environmental Engineering, and Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena) "Nanowire nanosensors" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm | Serge Cosnier (Electrochimie Organique et de Photochimie Redox UMR 5630 CNRS, Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France) "Biointerface design by electropolymerized films" |
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm- 9:25 pm | Chad A. Mirkin (Dept of Chemistry and Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston) "Bio Barcode Amplification PCR-like Sensitivity for Proteins" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | EXCHANGE ACROSS BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS IV FROM EXOCYTOSIS TO PATCH CLAMP |
| Discussion Leader: J.P. Henry (Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique,CNRS UPR 1929, Paris, France) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction |
9:10 am - 9:40 am | Jens Rettig (Universität des Saarlandes, Physiologisches Institut ,Homburg/Saar, Germany) "Measuring Exocytosis with Capacitance and Amperometry" |
9:40 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Stephane Arbault (Ecole Normale Superieure, UMR
CNRS-ENS-UPMC 8640 PASTEUR, Paris, France.) "Exocytosis and Oxidative Stress: Coupling Good and Bad in Brain Functionnal Behavior" |
10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:25 pm | Francisco Bezanilla (Physiology, D. Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles) "Voltage sensors in ion channels" |
11:25 pm - 11:30 pm | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:05 pm | Ian Parker (Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine) "Optical patch-clamping : Imaging Ca2+ flux through single channels" |
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Conclusion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ENDOGENOUS ELECTRIC FIELDS II: ROLE IN WOUND HEALING AND SPINAL CORD REGENERATION |
| Discussion Leader: Raphael C. Lee (Electrical Trauma Research Laboratory/Department of Surgery University of Chicago Chicago) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction |
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm | Richard Borgens / Pedro Irazoqui (School of Veterinary Medicine, School of Engineering, Purdue University) "Treating the Damaged Human Nervous System through Biophysics" |
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
8:25 pm - 9:00 pm | Colin McCaig (University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK) "Controlling cell behaviour electrically" |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm- 9:30 pm | Conclusion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | EXCHANGE ACROSS BIOLOGICAL BARRIERS V: ELECTRICALLY INDUCED TRANSPORT BY ULTRASHORT AND LOW INTENSITY PULSES |
| Discussion Leader: Lluis Mir (IGR CNRS, Villejuif, France) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction |
9:10 am - 9:40 am | Karl H. Schoenbach (Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University) "Subcellular Effects of Nanosecond Electrical Pulses" |
9:40 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Ephrem Tekle (Biochemistry, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda) "Sensitivity of membrane proteins to nsPEFs" |
10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:25 pm | Richard Nuccitelli (Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University) "Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Fields Stimulate Melanomas to Self-Destruct" |
11:25 pm - 11:30 pm | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:05 pm | Rumy Dimova (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Golm, Germany) "Electro-deformation, -poration, and -fusion of model membranes viewed with high temporal resolution" |
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Conclusion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | HOT TOPICS AND SELECTED POSTER PRESENTATIONS |
| Discussion Leader: Ann M. Rajnicek (Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction |
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm | Yinghua Sun (USC, Los Angeles CA, USA) "Transient membrane permeability induced by nanoelectropulses detected with the early apoptosis probe YO0PRO-1" |
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm | Helene Ceremonie (CEGELY, ECL, Ecully, France) "Natural electrotransformation or lightning transformation of Pseudomonas sp. N3 in soil" |
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Ben Greenebaum (University of Wisconsin, Parkside WI, USA) "Does electric field or current provide a test of mechanism involved in nerve regeneration?" |
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm | Eugenia Kovacs (Carol Davila Medical School, Bucharest, Romania) "New methods proposed for evaluation of photoreceptor cells viability in retinal transplant based on cell polarity" |
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm | Gale Craviso (University of Nevada, Reno NV, USA) "Elevation of intracellular calcium in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells subjected to a single nanosecond electric pulse" |
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm | Carlos Martino (University of Colorado, Boulder CO, USA) "Electromagnetic stimulation of osteoblast-like cells" |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | David Woolley (University of Manchester, Manchester UK) "Electrochemical monitoring of rat mammary carcinoma cells in response to four anticancer drugs" |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |